Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 433 472 488
Rank change year-on-year +39 +16 +154
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 79 56 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.41% 1.41% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 26 72
10th Percentile £400 £145 £190
25th Percentile £500 £265 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £408 £418
Median % change year-on-year +23.93% -2.40% -12.11%
75th Percentile £575 £475 £525
90th Percentile £613 £619 £586
UK median daily rate £500 £408 £400
% change year-on-year +22.70% +1.88% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 2
10th Percentile - - £25.25
25th Percentile £29.00 - £26.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.85% +120.34% -41.89%
75th Percentile £40.81 - £33.38
90th Percentile £57.20 - £34.95
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £51.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -41.75% +51.47% -33.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,282 3,967 5,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.81% 12.04% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,054 2,323 3,578
10th Percentile £227 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £618
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 280
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.44 £16.73
25th Percentile £25.04 £22.75 £24.03
Median hourly rate £41.72 £57.35 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -27.25% +1.52% +34.02%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.78
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £50.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.85% -10.60% +34.50%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +39 33 £500 -20.00% 15
East of England - 19 £520 -
London +8 13 £538 +53.57% 8
Midlands - 7 £550 - 1
West Midlands - 7 £550 - 1
North of England -21 4 - - 3
North West - 3 - - 2
South West +23 1 £200 -55.06%
North East - 1 - -
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (31.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (18.99%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.53%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.27%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 26 (32.91%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (15.19%) Azure
3 8 (10.13%) AWS
4 2 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 48 (60.76%) Firewall
2 24 (30.38%) LAN
3 23 (29.11%) WAN
4 20 (25.32%) DNS
5 18 (22.78%) DHCP
6 17 (21.52%) BGP
6 17 (21.52%) Cisco Firepower
7 16 (20.25%) Junos
8 15 (18.99%) WLAN
9 14 (17.72%) Cisco ISE
10 13 (16.46%) OSPF
10 13 (16.46%) Wireless
11 12 (15.19%) PuTTY
12 10 (12.66%) NX-OS
13 8 (10.13%) MPLS
14 7 (8.86%) IOS XR
14 7 (8.86%) Network Security
14 7 (8.86%) VPN
14 7 (8.86%) VXLAN
14 7 (8.86%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Git
1 4 (5.06%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (30.38%) Games
2 13 (16.46%) Manufacturing
3 6 (7.59%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.06%) Finance
5 3 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Military
6 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.27%) Banking
7 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Electronics
7 1 (1.27%) Legal
7 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (46.84%) Network Engineer
2 24 (30.38%) Platform Engineer
3 16 (20.25%) Support Engineer
4 13 (16.46%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 13 (16.46%) Network Support
4 13 (16.46%) Network Support Engineer
5 12 (15.19%) Analyst
6 9 (11.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 9 (11.39%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 9 (11.39%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (11.39%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 8 (10.13%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (10.13%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (8.86%) Network Analyst
8 7 (8.86%) Senior
8 7 (8.86%) Senior Network Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Network Support Analyst
9 5 (6.33%) Support Analyst
10 3 (3.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) 802.1X
1 4 (5.06%) Jinja
2 1 (1.27%) JSON
2 1 (1.27%) XML
2 1 (1.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.86%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.53%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.53%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.27%) BYOD
4 1 (1.27%) CMDB
4 1 (1.27%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.27%) EMC VMAX
4 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.27%) FMCG
4 1 (1.27%) iPhone
4 1 (1.27%) Life Science
4 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 37 (46.84%) Windows
2 26 (32.91%) Android
3 24 (30.38%) Mac OS
4 10 (12.66%) Windows Server
5 4 (5.06%) Linux
6 1 (1.27%) CatOS
6 1 (1.27%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.27%) Unix
6 1 (1.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.38%) E-Commerce
2 13 (16.46%) Computer Science
3 11 (13.92%) Change Management
4 10 (12.66%) Load Balancing
4 10 (12.66%) Service Management
5 9 (11.39%) Agile
5 9 (11.39%) ITSM
5 9 (11.39%) Project Management
6 8 (10.13%) Process Improvement
7 7 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (7.59%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (7.59%) DevOps
9 5 (6.33%) Task Automation
10 4 (5.06%) Preventative Maintenance
11 3 (3.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (3.80%) ITIL
11 3 (3.80%) Network Design
11 3 (3.80%) Network Monitoring
12 2 (2.53%) Artificial Intelligence
12 2 (2.53%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (31.65%) PowerShell
2 18 (22.78%) Python
3 5 (6.33%) VB
4 4 (5.06%) Perl
Qualifications
1 29 (36.71%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (22.78%) CCNA
3 17 (21.52%) CCNP
3 17 (21.52%) Security Cleared
4 15 (18.99%) Degree
5 14 (17.72%) DV Cleared
6 13 (16.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (6.33%) CCIE
8 3 (3.80%) CCDP
8 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.27%) CCSA
9 1 (1.27%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.80%) SLA
2 1 (1.27%) Def Stans
System Software
1 35 (44.30%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.66%) VMware NSX
3 3 (3.80%) Firmware
4 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.27%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (31.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 25 (31.65%) SCCM
2 14 (17.72%) Ansible
3 9 (11.39%) vCenter Server
4 5 (6.33%) FortiGate
4 5 (6.33%) Terraform
5 1 (1.27%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.27%) Nagios
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) Cisco
2 39 (49.37%) Microsoft
3 36 (45.57%) Meraki
4 25 (31.65%) Splunk
5 15 (18.99%) Juniper
6 13 (16.46%) SolarWinds
7 12 (15.19%) F5
8 7 (8.86%) Arista
8 7 (8.86%) Citrix
8 7 (8.86%) Peregrine
8 7 (8.86%) Remedy
8 7 (8.86%) ServiceNow
9 6 (7.59%) Palo Alto
10 5 (6.33%) VMware
11 2 (2.53%) Apple
12 1 (1.27%) Bloomberg
12 1 (1.27%) CheckPoint
12 1 (1.27%) EMC
12 1 (1.27%) HP
12 1 (1.27%) McAfee